The linking probability for 2-component links which span a lattice tube

Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-54

  Atapour, M ^a   Soteros, C E ^a   Ernst, C ^b   Whittington, S G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entanglement complexity; Lattice model; Linking number; Linking probability; Polymer; Self avoiding polygon

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951551397     PISSN: 02182165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218216510007760     Document Type: Article

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